New Zealand Gazette – 1854 – No. 35

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Prosecutions under
this Act to be com-
menced within 3 years
after offence.
41. Every action or prosecution under this Act shall be
commenced within the space of three years after the offence
was committed.

VI. OFFICIATING MINISTERS.

Officiating Ministers
who.
42. Any Minister of Religion whose name shall have been sen
in to the Registrar-General of Births Deaths and Marriages,
or other Officer to be appointed by the Governor in that be-
half, by the persons or person within the Colony in whom
Ecclesiastical authority shall for the time being be vested, or
reputed to be vested, over any of the Religious Bodies
enumerated in the schedule D to this Act annexed, shall, subject
to the conditions hereinafter mentioned, be an Officiating Min-
ister within the meaning of this Act, and the name of every
such Minister of Religion shall be certified under the hand or
hands of the person or persons aforesaid, and shall be entered
and published as hereinafter provided. Provided always, that
any Minister of Religion not connected with any of the bodies
enumerated in the aforesaid schedule to this Act annexed, who
shall present to any Registrar a certificate signed by twenty-
four householders resident in the district for which such Re-
gistrar shall be appointed, declaring that such Minister is their
Officiating Minister, shall be entitled to have his name inserted
in the list of Officiating Ministers in the meaning of this Act.
Provided always; that such certificate shall be attested by
two Justices of the Peace; and such attested certificate shall
be sent in to the Registrar-General or other Officer as
aforesai 1, anew in the month of December in every
year, and no such attested certificate presented to any Registrar
by any Minister as aforesaid, shall continue in force vuless re
newed in like manner.

Ecclesiastical Authori-
ties to send in names
of Ministers, & certify
suspension or depriva-
tion of any Ministers.
43. The person having Ecclesiastical authority over the se-
veral religious bodies as aforesaid shall, upon the suspension or
deprivation of any Minister whose name shall have been sent in
to the Registrar-General or other officer as aforesaid, in man-
ner hereinbefore mentioned, forthwith certify such suspension
or deprivation to the Registra-General or other Officer as
aforesaid, who shall forthwith make a minute of such suspension
or deprivation in the list of Officiating Ministers hereinafter
mentioned, and no such person shall be deemed an Officiating
Minister until his name shall have been again sent in to the Re-
gistrar General or other Officer as aforesaid, in manner hereinbe-
fore mentioned,



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🏛️ Continuation of Penalties for False Declarations and Illegal Marriage Solemnization (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Legislation, Marriage, False declaration, Misdemeanour, Felony, Registrar, Officiating Minister, Minors